Enter a name for the DSN (for example, VCDB2), and select your database from the menu.

6

Select the DSN and click Configure to verify that the database connection works.

7

Type the database user name (for example, vcx) and password.

8

Click Connect.

The DB2 database is configured.

What to do next

Optionally, you can enable Database Monitoring for DB2 database users. Otherwise, install vCenter Server. When the vCenter Server installer prompts you for a DSN, point to the DSN that you created in this procedure.